Fishing near Coulee Dam, WA

Coulee Dam sits at the foot of Grand Coulee Dam in north-central Washington, where three of the state's largest reservoirs converge within 10 miles. Lake Roosevelt stretches more than 150 miles up the Columbia River into Canada, while Rufus Woods Reservoir runs 54 miles downstream to Chief Joseph Dam, and Banks Lake lies to the south. The area draws anglers year-round for giant kokanee, trophy rainbow trout, walleye, and smallmouth bass.

Top waters to fish near Coulee Dam

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American Shad

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Bull Trout

Burbot

Lota lota

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii (coastal cutthroat), O. clarkii lewisi (westslope cutthroat)

Grass Carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Largemouth Bass

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Northern Pikeminnow

Ptychocheilus oregonensis

Pumpkinseed

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